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I'm sorry but you guys made me do it! WHY DOES RARITY STILL HAVE LAST PLACE ON THE BEST PONY POLLS?!?!?

Yeah, I sure went all out in this one! It was just gonna be a pic of her like that, but I made a background finally! All it is is blobs and shapes to make it look like there's a forest and clouds and the sun and stuff, but I used Gaussian blur a lot so it looks pretty nice! And I made the lens flare in Gimp. Rarity, like usual, was made in Paint and then I did the shading and gradients and Gaussian blur in Paint.net. And very rarely do I use my real signature in pics, but I found a way to this time without my pen tablet. All in all I'd say she looks gorgeous, right Spike?!

Hehe, don't hurt yourself there, Casanova!

So yeah, I'm really loving how this turned out! Please give a critique if you're a premy!

I would have to say that I love the colors you used for this piece. It brings out the highlight patterns in her mane and tail. The expression in her eyes is what drew me to this wonderful picture in the first place. The shine you gave them really does the blue tones justice. My thought is that she is either in a photo-shoot of some kind or is looking back on a loved one who she was having an evening out with. All in all I believe this is a wonderfully beautiful piece and hope to see more like with your talent.

The head's a little small, the shading is way too soft. Not all shadows are gradial, and often have sharp contrasts. The hair looks flat (especially the tail), and that's honestly about it lol. The background could do with work (don't worry, I majorly suck at them too), and -5 points for using the Lens Flare tool so predictably.

All in all, it's not too bad though. Hope I didn't come across as rude

You really think her head is small? Cuz I actually think it's a bit big... And I meant for the shading to be that soft, I didn't see the need of doing more solid sharp contrast shading. I'm not sure I know what you meant in that second sentence but the shading is a tad bit dark in some places like on her flank. I think I get what you mean about the hair being flat, but I kinda meant for it to be like that, not too uber realistic. And........you're taking off points for the lens flare? That was for added realism, does that bother you?

Well, if your intention is to be true to the style of the show, then the head is actually small

As for not seeing the "need" for the shading, that's a matter how what kind of look you're going for, I suppose. If you want realistic shading, you'll need to match the contours of her shapes with the proper types of shadows, which isn't displayed when all the shadows are soft like that.

And the lens flare is partially a joke. Check out the Encyclopedia Dramatica page on Lens Flare for a laugh lol [link]

Not really, I'd say it's the right scale. Look closer in the show, their heads are about that size compared to the rest of their body, but mine isn't perfect and it's actually a tad bit bigger.

Well I did want soft shading like I said.

Uh.......I don't see the joke behind this, and sorry, but I'm not going to Encyclopedia Dramatica ever again. That site should be taken down for libel and trolling, it's roughly on par with 4chan, don't send me anymore links there please.